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English Dictionary: chert by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chert
n
  1. variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chert \Chert\, n. [Ir. ceart stone, perh. akin to E. crag.]
      (Min.)
      An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull
      color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hornstone \Horn"stone`\, n. (Min.)
      A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling
      flint, but more brittle; -- called also {chert}.
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